Foreign News: Leaflets & Lecturers

Lord MacMillan was dull. Sir John Reith was dour. Alfred Duff Cooper was
social. Then into the British Ministry of Information came red-haired
Brendan Bracken, young (41), quick-witted protege of Winston
Churchill.

Aghast at how quickly the civil-servant mentality can figure out
committees to waste time, the new minister overhauled his top personnel
in what became known as Bracken's Blitzkrieg. Since then he has built
up a photographic department, given the hotfoot to BBC, made friends
with U.S. correspondents, gained new respect for the M.O.I, from
British newspapers.

After almost a full year in office, he told the House of Commons last
week...